This year's theme ... ADAPTATION AND RESISTANCE!
Pivot, adapt, adjust,- these words have become a regular part of our everyday conversations during this pandemic.
We’ve all had to change our behaviours to fit the unusual and potentially life threatening circumstances of the pandemic and as we approach the end of the more extreme aspects of the pandemic, hopefully with caution and care, we are left with the questions of what adaptations do we keep and which ones do we discard.
Those of us from marginalized communities have always had to be flexible, creative, innovative as we face deep challenges and threats to our survival. We will explore adaptation and resistance, delving into how Black and Indigenous communities continue to evolve, what the plant and animal worlds teach us about responding to our environments and the different ways adaptation allows for both survival, thrival, and active resistance.
We’ve all had to change our behaviours to fit the unusual and potentially life threatening circumstances of the pandemic and as we approach the end of the more extreme aspects of the pandemic, hopefully with caution and care, we are left with the questions of what adaptations do we keep and which ones do we discard.
Those of us from marginalized communities have always had to be flexible, creative, innovative as we face deep challenges and threats to our survival. We will explore adaptation and resistance, delving into how Black and Indigenous communities continue to evolve, what the plant and animal worlds teach us about responding to our environments and the different ways adaptation allows for both survival, thrival, and active resistance.
Meet the Directors of this year's Peace Camp!
Sedina Fiati is returning as our Theatre Director!
Sedina Fiati is a Toronto based performer, producer, director, creator and activist for stage and screen. Proudly Black, queer and femme, Sedina is deeply invested in artistic work that explores the intersection between art and activism, either in form or structure or ideally both. Sedina holds a BFA in Music Theatre from the University of Windsor. Favourite and recent artistic projects: Peace Camp (Children’s Peace Theatre, director, 2019 - 2021), Every Day She Rose (Nightwood Theatre, co-director), Switch: The Village (collective member, QTBIPOC street performance, Buddies in Bad Times 2018 & 2019), Feminist Fuck It Festival (multidisciplinary festival, co-creator and co-producer), Tokens (performer, web series). Sedina is currently Artist-Activist in Residence at Nightwood Theatre and proud founding member of the Black Pledge Collective. Upcoming projects: Switching Queen(s) (devised street performance), Last Dance (a web series).
Tahreem Alvi is our Visual Arts Director this Summer!
Tahreem Alvi is a graphic designer and maker exploring the intersectionalities of her Pakistani and Muslim identities. Her work delves deep into storytelling and personal narratives with themes of diaspora, body, and spirituality—always hoping to touch others in the midst of understanding herself. Tahreem is a lover of yellow, her cat Ivy, lowercase letters, and @badgalriri.
Tayhmah Armatrading is returning as our Documentarian!
Taymah Armatrading is a Black, Caribbean and trans artist holding a BFA from OCAD University. They are dedicated to reinstating power to silenced politically and socially marginalized bodies. Their practice is heavily focused on creating a tangible record of Blackness that usurps the systemic forms of its erasure. This focus is explored through the form of documentaries, installations, and community engagements.
Chenise Mitchell is our Dance Director this Summer!
Born in Toronto, Chenise Mitchell has been performing professionally for over 10 years. Chenise now considers herself a Jazzer, which means she is an all around performing artist connected to rhythm and humanity. She was able to consider performance as a career at a young age with connections to accomplished artists through her highschool, Cawthra Park Secondary School. While earning her BFA (at Ryerson University) she was able to hone her passion for theatrical and collaborative arts and discover her love of jazz.
Y Josephine is our Music Director this Summer!
Y Josephine is a Venezuelan-Canadian, and a citizen of the world, whose contagious passion for percussion has propelled her to travel far and wide sharing her epic fusion sounds of the South. Driven by the potent, soothing, and vibrant music she’s helped to create, she is one of the founders of Baobá, a quartet formed by Toronto’s top female percussionists taking traditional beats to the next level.
COVID-19 CONCERNS AND HOW WE ARE WORKING TO BE SAFE:
We are committed to the health of our youth, their families, and the greater community. In accordance with municipal and provincial laws, as well as the Centre for Disease Control’s global guidelines, we have implemented the following protocols:
- Our first week of Peace Camp will take place online over Zoom.
- We have dramatically reduced the total number of Peace Camp participants to 30 (this includes: campers, youth, and staff).
- Structuring in-person programming within 'pods', which will be limited to 8 youth.
- Conducting daily, non-invasive body temperature verification.
- Require the use of Personal Protective Equipment (that does not hinder creative expression).
- Prohibit the admittance of anyone exhibiting flu-like symptoms and immediately isolating anyone who develops symptoms during the course of programming.
- Provide unhindered and regular access to hand-washing and sanitizing stations.
